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Wrapping up Day 3 of Cowboys training camp: Pads come on for first time before taking a day off

OXNARD, Calif. — The pads finally came on Wednesday for Day 3 of Cowboys training camp practices.

“It was good, a little rusty,” Cowboys right tackle Doug Free said about practicing with pads for the first time in camp, “but that’s the way it is. You play the game in pads, so you have to practice the game in pads.”

Thursday will be the team’s first mandatory day off of camp.

“It will be nice,” Free said. “It’s nice to have a day off and get some rest in and come back on Friday.”

Wide receiver Dez Bryant still isn’t talking to the media, and that will likely continue until his court case plays out via the justice system.

First-round pick cornerback Morris Claiborne continues to struggle defending the deep pass. He was burned Tuesday by Bryant on a go route and then burned Wednesday by second-year player Raymond Radway. Both would have been touchdowns. Claiborne did have a few highlight plays, however, including a pass breakup against Bryant on Wednesday.